Hotel Career Assignment











One - DO Now

DO NOW: Questions/Journal Short Answer Open Response Rubric

Write a well formed response in paragraph form.

  1. What is your knowledge of the hotel industry?
  2. What types of careers can be found in a hotel?
  3. What are the department names at a hotel?
  4. If you were given the opportunity to work in a hotel, what department/career would you prefer to work in and why?
  5. What skills do you think you would need for that career?
  6. What type of education would you need for that career?
  7. How much money do you think the career makes in a year and/or hour?
  8. Who would you report to?
  9. What skills do you have now that you could use in that career?




Two- Teacher Instruction

Teacher Instruction
  • think pair share...




Occupational Outlook Handbook

Types of Hotel and Lodging Management Positions- overview




Three-Project


  • PROJECT: Using the RAFT strategy below, students will conduct research on two specific careers in the hotel industry. A technology presentation rubric will be used.

    • RAFT strategy:
    • Role: Reporter
    • Audience: 2nd graders
    • Format: Visual Presentation using a web 2.0 tool
    • Topic: Hotel Career Information

  • Instructions: Research 2 careers in the hotel industry

    • Description of the career
    • Salary requirements
    • Educational requirements
    • Where does the career fall on the career ladder (who does she/he report to?
    • Front or back of the house?
    • Interesting information
    • Summary of findings
    • cite your sources….
    • Place your findings on your chapter 4 wiki. (use a web 2.0 tool)
    • technology rubric


Four- Presentations

Students will complete an informal presentation (round robin technique) to the class on the careers they researched.


Five- Wrap up Journal


Write a well formed response in paragraph form.

  1. What is your knowledge of the hotel industry?
  2. What types of careers can be found in a hotel?
  3. What are the department names at a hotel?
  4. If you were given the opportunity to work in a hotel, what department/career would you prefer to work in and why?
  5. What skills do you think you would need for that career?
  6. What type of education would you need for that career?
  7. How much money do you think the career makes in a year and/or hour?
  8. Who would you report to?
  9. What skills do you have now that you could use in that career?